Appendix B: Regulations Under the RTA

• Author: John Dickie/David Lyman
• Pages: 359-383

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CONTENTS

PART I INTERPRETATION AND EXEMPTIONS

1. Definition of “care home”

2. Definition of “care services”

3. Definition of “tenant”

4. Definition of “vital service”

5. Prescribed programs

6. Exemptions from certain provisions

7. Rental unit in care home

PART II MATTERS RELATING TO RENT

8. Reasonable enjoyment during repairs

9. Receipt

10. Prescribed conditions under s. 111(2) and (2.1),

par. 1 of the Act

11. Prescribed discounts under s. 111(2.1), par. 2 of

the Act

12. Calculation of lawful rent

13. Higher rent charged in first rental period

14. Exclusions from calculation of rent

15. Material to be filed

16. Prescribed services, facilities, etc.

17. Exemptions from s. 134(1) and (3) of the Act

PART III APPLICATION FOR RENT INCREASES

ABOVE GUIDELINE

18. Definitions

19. Definitions

20. Interest rate

21. Factor to be applied

22. Material to accompany application

23. Information for tenants

24. Determination of capital expenditures,

operating costs

25. Non-arm’s length transaction

26. Findings related to capital expenditures

27. Useful life of work or thing

28. Municipal taxes and charges, extraordinary

increase

© Queen’s Printer for Ontario, 2006. This is not an official copy of the O Reg 516/06: General under Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, SO 2006, c 17 under

the Legislative Act, 2006. Current as of November 30, 2020.

Regulations Under

theRTA

Ontario Regulation 516/06

General

This is the most current consolidation of this law available on e-Laws.

There may be more recent events that are not included in this notice.

Last amendment: 694/20.

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28.1 Municipal taxes and charges, extraordinary

increase, 2021

29. Rules

30. Operating costs related to security services

31. Calculation of percentage rent increase

32. When rent increase may be taken

33. When rent increase may be taken

34. Sequence—components of the increase

PART IV REDUCTIONS IN RENT—UTILITIES AND

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

35. Utilities

36. Rent reductions under s. 128(3) of the Act

37. Prescribed percentage, period

38. Rules for prescribing a date for the purpose of

s. 129 of the Act

PART V REDUCTIONS IN RENT—SERVICES AND TAXES

39. Rules relating to reduction in services

40. Application of ss. 24 and 25

41. Reduction of municipal taxes

42. Application for variance

43. Determination by Board

44. Information to be filed with application

45. Reduction in municipal taxes and charges

PART VI GENERAL

46. Hours for retrieval of property

47. Contents of information package

48. Care homes

49. Interpretation

50. Mobile homes

51. Interpretation

PART VII BOARD—ADMINISTRATION AND POWERS

52. Employees

53. Information to accompany application

56. Restriction on altering time requirements

57. Financial matters

58. Prescribed amount

59. Filings in electronic format

60. Contingency fees

PART VIII OTHER MATTERS

61. Transition

62. Transition, s. 9 of the Rental Fairness Act, 2017

63. Transition, s. 12 of the Rental Fairness Act, 2017

64. Transition, s. 18 of the Rental Fairness Act, 2017

Schedule: Useful life of work done or thing purchased

PART I INTERPRETATION AND EXEMPTIONS

Definition of “care home”

1(1) One or more rental units that form part of a residen-

tial complex are care homes for the purpose of the definition

of “care home” in subsection 2(1) of the Act if the rental

units are occupied or intended to be occupied by persons for

the purpose of receiving care services, whether or not receiv-

ing the care services is the primary purpose of the occupancy.

(2) Subsection (1) applies even if a third party rents the

rental unit from the landlord and provides or arranges to

provide both the rental unit and care services to the tenant.

Definition of “care services”

2(1) As part of health care services, rehabilitative services,

therapeutic services and services that provide assistance with

the activities of daily living, the following are included in the

definition of “care services” in subsection2(1) of the Act:

1. Nur sing care.

2. Administration and supervision of medication pre-

scribed by a medical doctor.

3. A ssistance with feeding.

4. Bathing assis tance.

5. Incontinence care.

6. Dressing as sistance.

7. A ssistance with personal hygiene.

8. Ambulator y assistance.

9. Personal emergenc y response services.

(2) The following services are included in the definition

of “care services” in subsection 2(1) of the Act if they are

provided along with any service set out in subsection (1):

1. Recreatio nal or social activities.

2. Housekeeping.

3. L aundry services .

4. A ssistance with transportation.

Definition of “tenant”

3(1) If a tenant of a rental unit dies and the rental unit

is the principal residence of the spouse of that tenant, the

spouse is included in the definition of “tenant” in subsection

2(1) of the Act unless the spouse vacates the unit within the

30-day period described in subsection 91(1) of the Act.

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